Things to Think About – An Institute Perspective (this isn’t (just) about TAC)

Bob DickmanExecutive Director8 January 2012

Publications

• Number of Journal Pages: 2007: 11,424 2011: 9992

• Individual Subscribers 2007: 5607 2011: 3553

• Institutional Subscribers 2007: 3081 2011: 3178

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Conferences

• Full Paid Attendance 2007: 10,026 2011: 8644

• Total Attendance 2007: 12,738 2011: 11,791

• Technical Papers from Meetings 2007: 5213 2011: 5362

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Membership

• Professional Members 2007: 29,588 2011: 27,591

• Renewals 2007: 23,187 2011: 22,093

• Student members 2007: 6,902 2011: 7,464

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Other Professional Member Numbers

• We have more members over 70 than under 30 And more over 60 than under 40 And more over 50 than under 50 (median is 51)

• 12% of members are on a committee, are a Region/Section officer or are on a Board 78% of those that listed age are 40 or older 80% of TC/PC members that listed age are 40 or older

• Only 8% of our members are female (19% of BoD)

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Operations

• Revenue 2007: $22,057,000 2011: $22,794,000

• Staff Head Count 2007: 96 2011: 89

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Corporate-Related

• Corporate Memberships, # and Revenue 2007: 69 $951,683 2011: 96 $1,195,802

• Exhibits, # and Revenue 2007: 9 $2,386,080 2011: 6 $779,450

• Advertising Revenue 2007: $218,087 2011: $166,104

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Why Change? The Future of AIAA Is at Stake.

• We are becoming less relevant to our members and potential members We are mostly “male, pale and stale” Young people ARE joiners, but they don’t stay with us

• We are weak in the things that the largest employers (and their employees?) look for from associations Technical activities throughout the value chain Recognition of technical and product excellence Educating the public and Congress about aerospace

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. 8

Questions? Comments?(Or, do you want to hear my thoughts on Conferences?)

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Conference StructuresStand-Alone, System/Collocation, Integration

“ASM” “Space” “Aviation”Others?Weapon System Effectiveness Hypersonics Aviation

Technology, Integration and Operations “Missiles” “ASM” “JPC” “SDM” “Fluids” “GNC”

Missile Sciences Strategic and Tactical Missiles Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Non-deterministic Approaches Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Gossamer Systems Adaptive

Structures Aeroacoustics Fluid Dynamics Aerodynamic Measurement Technology, Ground Testing and Flight Testing Applied Aerodynamics Plasmadynamics and Lasers Aerodynamic Decelerators

Thermophysics Atmospheric and Space Environments Flow Control Environmental Systems Propulsion Energy Conversion Engineering Guidance, Navigation and Control Atmospheric Flight Mechanics

Modeling and Simulation Technologies Astrodynamics Specialist

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